Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Tour de France Stage 6 in a photo finish

Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, sprints to take second place ahead f third place Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Dijon, France, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, sprints to take second place ahead f third place Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Dijon, France, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)


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DIJON, France — Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen has won the sixth stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint that was decided in a photo finish. Tadej Pogacar has kept the yellow jersey on Thursday. Groenewegen earned a sixth career stage victory at cycling's biggest race ahead of Biniam Girmay, the Stage 3 winner, and Fernando Gaviria. There was no change in the overall standings. Pogacar has kept a 45-second lead over Remco Evenepoel. Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is in third place, 50 seconds off the pace.

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